Thursday, July 20, 2006

7/20/06

Three soldiers wounded, one seriously, in gunfights An IDF soldier was seriously wounded Thursday morning during clashes with a Hizbullah terrorist cell.

Lebanon 'torn to shreds' Lebanon's prime minister has pleaded for help to stop the "callous retribution" being inflicted by Israel.

IAF attempts to hit Hizbullah leaders IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz said Thursday that an offensive in Lebanon would not end until Israel's security was restored.

Turkish anti-West mood 'rising' Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has warned that moderate Turks are becoming anti-American and anti-EU.

Israel: Hizbullah firing on Christian holy city Israel is planning on citing the lethal rocket attack on Nazareth as part of its public relations campaign.

Iranian leader: West uses Holocaust as pretext Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday again expressed doubts over the true extent of the Holocaust and called it a pretext by the West to gain domination over the Middle East.

Somali Islamists vow holy war on Ethiopia troops Somalia's Islamists vowed a "holy war" on Thursday against Ethiopian troops crossing into the Horn of Africa nation.

Al-Sistani Urges End to Sectarian Violence Iraq's top Shiite cleric urged his followers Thursday to refrain from reprisal violence against Sunnis.

250 N. American Jews Move to Israel Despite War A record-setting year of North American Aliyah continued Thursday, with a plane full of immigrants touching down at Ben Gurion Airport.

Key Mideast Players to Meet at U.N. The United Nations was bringing key Mideast players together Thursday for a series of meetings over the escalating hostilities between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.